Britta Böhler's Blog, page 9
December 22, 2015
top 10 books of 2015
Top 10 books of 2015
10. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
9. Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
7. Not on Fire, but Burning by Greg Hrbek
6. The Chimes by Anna Smaill
5. The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
4. The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
3. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
2. Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
1. Die Haarteppichknüpfer by Andreas Eschbach
10. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
9. Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
7. Not on Fire, but Burning by Greg Hrbek
6. The Chimes by Anna Smaill
5. The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara
4. The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
3. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
2. Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
1. Die Haarteppichknüpfer by Andreas Eschbach
September 18, 2015
Don't give up
We've all been there: you want to read a particular book, a classic for example, something you felt that you should have read years ago but never did (Ulysses, say, or Middlemarch or A la recherche du temps perdu - if you are really pushing it). But somehow you just seem to be unable to do it.
Well, here's a fantastic video made by Ashley (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...) on how not give up on difficult books:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8LQTk...
And on a personal note:
My own way of dealing with books I find difficult / not enjoyable but want to read nevertheless is to read no more than 50 pages at a time, i.e. 50 pages per reading day. And I just read those pages, whether I feel that I understand them or not, and no matter whether I particularly like them or not.
It sounds a bit like doing homework and in a way it is. But I find that this is a good way of being able to finish any book. Actually finishing the book builds up confidence and overcomes the frustration of not being able to read a book because it is 'beyond me.' Once I read the book I ask myself what I liked and didn't like about it and I also read what other people thought of the book.
And ever so often I then read the book again, for pleasure...
Well, here's a fantastic video made by Ashley (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...) on how not give up on difficult books:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8LQTk...
And on a personal note:
My own way of dealing with books I find difficult / not enjoyable but want to read nevertheless is to read no more than 50 pages at a time, i.e. 50 pages per reading day. And I just read those pages, whether I feel that I understand them or not, and no matter whether I particularly like them or not.
It sounds a bit like doing homework and in a way it is. But I find that this is a good way of being able to finish any book. Actually finishing the book builds up confidence and overcomes the frustration of not being able to read a book because it is 'beyond me.' Once I read the book I ask myself what I liked and didn't like about it and I also read what other people thought of the book.
And ever so often I then read the book again, for pleasure...
September 16, 2015
Good news
The Decision
The English translation of my first novel will be published on November 16th. Am so excited about this!
The English translation of my first novel will be published on November 16th. Am so excited about this!
April 27, 2015
Lives Lost
The second book in the Pieter Posthumus-series 'Lives Lost' will appear in the UK on 7 May 2015.
http://www.amazon.de/Lives-Lost-Posth...
http://www.amazon.de/Lives-Lost-Posth...
January 7, 2015
Posthumus comes to Germany
Am 11. März erscheint die deutsche Übersetzung unseres Krimis (Teil 1) und die Vorbereitungen für die Pressearbeit sind in vollem Gange.
In der Zwischenzeit arbeiten Rodney und ich bereits am dritten Teil der 'Posthumus-Mysteries'. The work of an author is never done...
In der Zwischenzeit arbeiten Rodney und ich bereits am dritten Teil der 'Posthumus-Mysteries'. The work of an author is never done...
January 3, 2015
Amazon worries
So your book is out, you are all excited and then it turns out that a day after publication date the book is "temporarily out of stock" at amazon. Mmhh, sold out after just one day? Don't think so…
January 1, 2015
Good start
Good start of the new year: the first book in the Posthumus-series is out in paperback today. For all the readers who have missed the book when it was published the first time 'round (May 2013). Check it out: https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail...
Lonely Graves
PS (for those who wonder): Britta Bolt is my pen name for the crime series I write together with Rodney Bolt. Visit our Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/britta.bolt1
